Doris I. Balfanz Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Doris I. Balfanz of Forest Park, Illinois, born in Lawton, Oklahoma, who passed away at the age of 94, on August 7, 2021. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Doris I. Balfanz to show support.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her husband Harold M. Balfanz; her grandson Michael J. Bates; her great grandchild Joshua J. Jurkovic; her parents, Lydia E. Sanders and Obbie L. Sanders; her siblings, Ruby Bigbee (Carl) of Edmond, OK and Col. Marvin Sanders (Shirley) of Aurora, CO.; her daughters, Nancy Violet (LaMar), Ellen Bates (Dennis) and Debra Scolaro (August); her grandchildren, Suzanne Jobin (Ed), Leigh Ligas-Bardwell (Eric), Sherrill Worcester (Mark), Christi Jacobs (Matt), Cari Jurkovic (Jim), Anthony Scolaro (Alyson), Andrew Scolaro and Carin Scolaro; her great grandchildren, Ryan Pescitani (Rachael), Paige Boyke, Carissa Pescitani, Ian Ligas, Ashlyn Worcester, Nicholas Worcester, Courtney Worcester, Harley Worcester, Christopher Worcester, Allison Bates, Madison Jacobs, Lauren Bates, Meagan Jacobs, Abigail Jurkovic of Jacob Jurkovic, A. J and Luca Scolaro; and her great great grandchildren, Jordan Fine, Derrick Roggenkamp, Jace Bedford, Ryker Pescitani and Avery Macedo.